
          Manchester, N.J. 11th 1844.


 My Dear Friend!


 Yours of the 8th is received
 My last was closed under the impression
 that Mr. Rowell would leave early on Monday
 as he had informed me he would; But
 Mr. Schenck prevailed upon him for some
 reason to stay another afternoon. - I accompanied
 him for several miles and collected
 some plants on my return home.


 Yesterday I made a trip to the locality
 of the Helonicas like plant just in time
 to collect a good supply of them in every
 stage of flowering and a few in immature
 fruit. I kept in mind the hint
 you gave me of the poisonous property
 of the Southern plant to flies. I saw
 about 200 individual plants and quite
 a variety of flies and insects upon them
 but none of then had any appearance
 of having been poisoned for they all
 flew away upon my approach or tried to escape
        